Simple Homemade Puff Pastry Bread

Here is a Simple Homemade Puff-Pastry-Style Bread recipe that matches the technique and look of your photo — soft, layered, buttery, swirled bread, but made easily at home (no complicated lamination).

It uses a soft dough + a quick butter paste, giving that beautiful puff-pastry swirl when baked.

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Simple Homemade Puff Pastry Bread

(Inspired by the bread in your photo)

✅ Ingredients

For the dough

• 300 ml warm milk
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp dry yeast (7–10 g)
• 2 eggs
• 550 g all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 50 g softened butter

For the butter paste (for puff layers)

• 120 g softened butter
• 2 tbsp flour

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Instructions

1. Prepare the dough

1. Mix warm milk + sugar + yeast. Let foam for 10 minutes.
2. Add eggs, flour, salt, and knead until smooth.
3. Add softened butter and knead 5 more minutes.
4. Cover and let rise 1 hour.

2. Prepare the butter paste

Mix softened butter + flour until creamy.

This paste helps create puff-pastry-like layers without real lamination.

3. Form the layers

1. Punch down the dough, divide into 2 parts.
2. Roll each piece into a rectangle.
3. Spread half of the butter paste evenly on each.
4. Roll up into a long log.
5. Cut the log into 8 thick slices.
6. Place the slices cut-side up into a loaf pan so the spirals face upward —
   this creates the same swirl pattern as in your photo.

4. Rise again

Cover and let rise 30–40 minutes until puffy.

5. Bake

• Bake at 170°C / 340°F for 25–30 minutes
• Until golden, puffed, and layered.

✨ Tips for Perfect Puff-Style Bread

• Use very soft butter — it must blend into the dough layers.
• Do not overbake: the bread stays soft and buttery if lightly golden.
• Brush the top with melted butter after baking for extra softness.